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Introduction to Sociology - Online
Reading Assignments, Lecture Notes, Videos & Web Sites
Unit 12: Education, Health Care and Medicine
Readings:
Macionis, Society: The Basics, chapter 14 ("Education, Health and Medicine")
Clara Turnage, "Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country. Why?" The Chronicle of Higherer Education, July 10, 2017
Laura Norin, "Demographics of community colleges in America,", The Society Pages, July 23, 2012
Lisa Wade, "Economic Mobility and Education in the U.S. Today," The Society Pages, October 12, 2013
Gwen Sharp, "Education and Earnings Potential," The Society Pages, November 15, 2011
Richard Fry, “The growing economic clout of the college educated,” Pew Research Center, September 24, 2013
Gregor Aisch, Amanda Cox and Kevin Quealy, "You Draw It: How Family Income Predicts College Chances," New York Times, May 28, 2015
"Public’s Knowledge of Science and Technology," Pew Research Center, April 22, 2013
Hannah Fingerhut, "Support for 2010 Health Care Law Reaches New High," Pew Research Center, February 23, 2017
V. Lance Tarrance, "The Art of the Deal on Healthcare: Repeal vs. Repair," Gallup Polling Matters, April 11, 2017
Elisabeth Rosenthal, “The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill: Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures,” New York Times, June 1, 201
Jay Livingston, "Health Care Costs, Greed, and “Socialism”, The Society Pages, March 29, 2013
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